Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-12

| much OF pet OF her kiZ viii allow. kiz pro
| fessa5 herself delighted with her work. She has
! never done anything which she enjoyed 50 much
am utterly at loss to account for this, until one
| day she confdes 10 me that "Miss McGlenen's nose
| Is just like PerryS."
| cherished painful doubts concerning Ponona's
beauty before, they are increased ten-fGid now.
/ II hH means TO bestow upon the goddess Miss
McGlenens unabbTeviated nose, blinded To its dis
| adVantages-to use mild term-by a real or
fancied reSem blancc to PerTy'S nose then farewell
70 all hope OF an artistic career for her! She will
/ De l2ugning-5tock.
| 1 long TO suggest that It would not be bad idea
to curtl 1t ofits fair proportions for the goddess
| use, but kiz, although she Is ''parted from him
| forever" according TO her own declaration, Is
morbidly sensitive on the subject OF Perry
| looks. Disparagement OF large noses is what She
| cannot endure. Moreover this is the first time
| she has mentioned Perry's name for months, and
am anxious not 10 discourage her doing having
vague Idea, born OF an uttor lack of experience
the emotions she Is cherishing, that 1t is good for
| her 10 talk about him. ''Her hair, too is like
| Perry s." kn' voice is timid and subdued, and
| shows yearning for sympathy
| TO what a pass does love bring frail humanity!
The floating r1ngletS with which the hair dresser
/ art has adorned Miss McGlenen. in the place OF
th1Se Oh winch eny1ouS time mas robbed her, are OF
! loVe1eSG pale auburn. Perry'S hair is carrOtty!
| 'Oi course shall have to snip the nose of a
lttle here and there, kz goes on, in matter-of-
fact tone. She is not, then, reduced to hopeless
/ lnDeclHty. "A hose that Is fine, and strong, and
intellectual on man might not be exactly becOm-
ing TO goddess!" she admits, with an air or great
cdndor BuI The hair am making is more like
the hue that Titan loved TO paint than Miss Nc
/ Glenens-I am making it ike PerTys!"
| larry gasp Tor breath. choke down the wild
/ curiosity That lmpelS Inc to inquire how Pomona
| looks so Tar. a vision OF Miss McGenen, bedecked
with vine leaves and looking recklessy baccha-
| nalfan, with her nose irregularly shipped. and
her curlS carFOtty fits before my eyes! Far better
would II have been think for hiZ TO have painted
| a glOried Settletop baby than so degraded god
ueSS! But she Will have none OF my rebuke, and
al the rst signs OF it clothes herself with defiant
reserve and talks no more either OF Pomona or OF
| Perry.
III kZ' fairy gOdmother is mad, as We at first
Thought she must be, there is certainly method in
| her madness She is ShTewd little person, in
spite or her extraordinary ideas on some points,
| and she knows her world thoroughly. She is fun
OF sage mtX1nlS for getJing on in the world, and
M listens 10 them Us Sweetly and attentIvely as
| IL she meant 10 profit by them, which know she
doesn't The fairy godmother also draws us out.
fears, our aspirations and disappointment, with
out the least intending il. About every thing but
| Perry kiz talks TO her; but even in her fullest
| one reason for this may be that the gOdmOther
| regards love affairs with sterneSt dSapprOyal
Lu ilGgo III sne way W an az listlc career tne
handIndldenS OF art should scorn such imbeclli-
| ties She would never take her Gin
derella TO meet the Prince but she does
sends pupils and purchasers to us both.
Although she had, she tells us, cut herself aoOr
from her relatives, she has large circle OF friends
and acQua1ntanceS; and she seems TO have some
influence among them. And under the exhiIarating
influence OF success kz and do better work than
we nave ever done before. We cease TO mourn over
the SettletOp baby, or Father regard him as
special Providence since but for her, the fairy god
buys herself an astonishing number OF pairs OF
dainty boots, and hat with an eXtravagant but
extremely becoming feather, the effect OF which
She surveys III the glass, and then dances de-
lighted pas seul about the room. KiZ does love
pretty clothes But she ends by pumping herself
suddenly down upon the hard little h0rse-hair
sOId-nOt the least bitter attendant upon poverty
is horoe-hair!-and bursting into tears. That is
little tribute to Perry's memory, know, but |
harden my heart and let her tears fall unneeded.
GodmOtner Pomonas maxims have sunk deep into
my soul, ana begin TO believe that fame will be
better for kh than Perry and his poverty. But
know well that she will never think so.
/ read the newspaper. kiZ devOteS her brief
leisure TO novel SO 1t happens that 1t is alone
who SEE this DIT OF that In the ECeniag Times:
"In skirnish with the Indians at Lone Tree Guch
dangerously wounded"
OF course my first impulse is to cry ont hut 7
Sti1ie 1t; my next Is TO show the paper kiz but
the conviction forces itself upon me that il do
she Will be, within an hours time, on her way to
Lone Tree Gulch. None Of the gOdmother'S wise
maximS, no sense or the Improperly OF The pro-
ceeding, will daunt her. Ii she does not know?
Perry has passed out of her life; is he not passing
out OF her thoughts? She seems comparatively
happy SO deliberate, and am lost l tear of a
portion OF the newspaper which contains that
item, and throw IL upon the glowing Goals Of The
CRATE. II flames up, and calmly warm my hands
by the blaze; but feel like ghOul.
ishny touches TO the Goddess II sarisfieS her ns
nothing else that she has painted ever has She
has never had ''cold lit" over this picture. She
no longer sees any thing ridiculous in an attempt
10 transform Miss McGlenen into the goddess
Pomona am devoured by curiosity to behold
the result, but am not allowed. Kiz saws She
wishes 10 see The effect upon me OF the finished
picture.
Miss McGlenen is to see it to-day, and confess
trenbe for Its effect upon her Ii it is ridiculous
ard am unable To see how it can help being-she
is, with all her little lunacies sane enough TO see
| it, / feel SURE.
But my Iurebodings are needless She is enrap-
tured with the picture she finds it perfection 10
the smallest detail; IL is OF the greatest graft
ncat1OnS or her life. She cOntideS TO that she
has relative for whom she feels a slight trace
OF family affection, and she means to leave him. in
her VIII, this picture memento.
1T Will look well in family portrait gallery,-
she says, with little gratitied mods that make her
rlnglets fy. And IL Will hand the artists name
down 10 pOSterity! have made her put her name
and address upon IT, She is too modest altogether
too modest! But she has charming nature; she
Is really artiStic!''
And then, in the lowest Of whispers as IL the
walls might have ears. Miss McGlenen cOnfides to
Ine secret; she means 10 leave her mOney-a
snug little Tort une-to kiZ?
.'Ihere Is nobody VINO has any claim on me- and
Why should nOt?" she demands, as III were Oh
Jecting. Il had meant 10 devote it to the cause OF
woman, but as there is not great deal OF ii per-
haps IL may as well 90 10 one woman. There are
| great many fools who have their fingers In the
NOman'S Rights pie! And I've taken a fancy to
hn, and should ike TO know who has a right TO
crafty her fancies If a lone Old woman like me
naSnt?"
| her tone is argumentative as If she were irving
TO convince an Director. The director Is certainly
not L; only Timely recollection that the old lady's
deceaSe must occur before the realization OF this
good fortune Tor kz, and therefore manifestations
| OF Joy would De unseemIy, enables Inc TO preserve
a calm ueneanOr.
II shall attend to it at once" she goes on. ssIt
| never dot'S 10 delay about those things. And
| nave 4 touch OF heart disease about me although
| you might not think Ii, and any body Who SAW me
as the Goddess Pomona would think Inc the pic
/ ture OF health. That Is because our dear little
Trend Is TOO artistic to paint disease or Old age
| But may go of any day. Death, unfortunately
Is not artistic, and can't be depended upon to wait
| until proper time; so Shan't delay TO have nv
Will attended to- And of she trips with her ems
I tomary series or little mods My regard for God
/ mother Pomona Is OF the highest, and certainly
nope Sne may live until she feels that 1t would be
/ artistic OF Death To take her. but am Oyerioyed
| That When she goes she will leave her money to
| hz AN mercenary where kz is concerned 1
| have 50 dreaded TO see her bloom and brightness
! ground Out oy struggle and drudgery and per-
| maps Idliure and PERJURY at last. She may win
| fortune by her own efforts, but none the less
heartily do welcome blessed Saint Certainty,
| hH calls me 10 behold POmonas unveiled
| charino. The painful struggles OF nv imapina-
| tion are ehued, The supreme moment has come /
| adjust my SIectaceS and see an ideal head OF Po-
| mona IL Is passdDiy good for artists first
effort. III l. really quite pretty. But IL is moi in
| the very least ike Miss McGlenen.
| lnildly hazard that assertion.
| Well says hK at has eyes and a nose and n
| mouth, ana In those respects it resembles her
/ one mustn't ask an artistic inpoSSibility Accen-
! tuatlng the good points and leaving out the bad
doe, In.;kea great diffeTence.n
| "Decliedly, say 10 evolve Helen'S beauty
| from brow OF Egypt becomes simple NATTER
| Seems Father lett out in the cOid,"
| MISS Actrlenen Is quite satisfied saws Kiz
with uiohlty- DOCS Ii look at all like-ijkp some
/ DOuy You hAoW: she adds, with "A WiStful accent